New Shooter Appears Like Cuphead Meets Doom

A brand new gameplay trailer for upcoming indie shooter Mouse exhibits off the sport’s cartoon motion and superior Thirties-inspired visuals, whereas additionally revealing a launch window.

Again in Could, Polish developer Fumi Video games launched a really early have a look at Mouse. Even in that early state, with boxy grey ranges and temp artwork, the shooter seemed spectacular and distinctive because of its black-and-white, traditional cartoon model and animation. Now, simply earlier than the brand new 12 months, Fumi Video games has launched an extended trailer exhibiting off a good better-looking model of Mouse.

Mouse’s new gameplay trailer (h/t IGN) options new weapons (together with a pump-action shotgun) and enemies not seen within the first teaser. We additionally get a have a look at how fight will work on this cartoon world, with the participant seemingly in a position to sprint round and blow off heads, all in superb black-and-white animation. I particularly cherished the half the place an enemy set on fireplace and become a cartoonish pile of ash with blinking eyes. Pretty!

Fumi Video games describes Mouse as a “gritty and noir-fueled FPS shooter that pulls inspiration from traditional cartoons of the Thirties.” Gamers will tackle the position of a personal detective who has to discover a “noir metropolis teeming with gangs, mobs, and characters from the darkish facet.” Fumi says enemies will behave like cartoon characters, which—mixed with the visuals—ought to make Mouse play and look in contrast to some other shooter on the market.

I used to be already excited to take a look at Mouse from that earlier teaser again in Could. This newest trailer has me much more pumped, because it appears like the sport is coming alongside properly, with motion that seems reasonably quick and explosive. Lastly, a Cuphead for boomer shooter lovers.

As talked about earlier, Mouse is about to launch in 2025 on PC. On Fumi’s official web site, it additionally confirms that it has plans to carry the cartoonish shooter to PlayStation, Xbox, and Change, too.

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